Beyond shelter in a storm, Odisha eyes sturdier homes, power and trees

India has become proficient at saving lives by evacuating people ahead of major storms, but infrastructure has taken a battering BHUBANESWAR, India, June 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Six weeks after India’s eastern state...

As climate threats drive migration, Indian women find opportunities

Migration is bringing some families higher incomes – and improving life back home in the face of worsening climate pressures SONAGOAN, India, Oct 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the last inhabited villages deep...

As floods rise in Bangladesh, crab farming helps families tread water

With both rice and shrimp increasingly difficult to raise, southern Bangladesh farmers are turning to a new crop JOYMONI, Bangladesh, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kishore Mondol, a farmer in the low-lying deltas...

Indian cyclone exposes need for safer housing

Hundreds of thousands of people are returning to their homes along India’s eastern coast, after being evacuated from the destructive path of Cyclone Phailin a few days ago, only to find their mud and...